FINALLY!!! DC Comics is doing something they should have done a long time ago — sending the black Green Lantern to jail.
Right where he belongs.
Fact of the matter is that the aging base of existing comics readers is causing the percentage of older readers to go up every year… but I don’t see the companies doing anything to continually court their maturing fan base!!!
Everyone is always like “Oh, what are they doing to get new readers?” FUCK NEW READERS! What are the companies doing to attract even more older readers? Abso-fucking-lutely nothing, that’s what.
But I think the New DC 52 is the perfect chance to reverse this trend! For example, the Bat Family isn’t big enough. I can count the number of Robins on one hand!!! So let’s do something about that.
Alfred is the perfect character to put in a Bat suit. He could be the Silver Bat, giving wise advice to the rest of the Bat characters AND fighting crime until about 4 PM, when he has to split to grab the early bird special at Shoney’s.
Next up, bring back Leslie Thompkins as Dr. Bat, the costumed medic and silver-haired spitfire! She could be like the grandmother Damian never had (because his grandfather is like a million years old or something, right?)
And, finally, having Thomas Wayne in Flashpoint is the PERFECT opportunity to keep him in continuity… as Batman, Sr.!!! The tension between Batman, Sr. and the Silver Bat will be fantastic — one fathered Batman, while the other one raised him.
Anyway, that’s my two-cents. Take it or leave it. Just don’t leave the geezers behind! They want comics too, and the fans deserve to get what they want.
Notes from the DC Roadshow: Well, that’s that, isn’t it?
Bleeding Cool has posted reports from yesterday’s road show in Texas. And here you go:
You won’t be seeing Donna Troy yet in the new DCU, nor the Stephanie and Cassandra Batgirls. They haven’t been killed off though, just benched.
And the new readers they are targeting?
The target audience are men age 18 to 34 though they do realize that they have readers in other demographics.
I’m going to take a few moments.
MUUWWAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
My triumph is complete!
